KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A Pakistani court on Wednesday issued another non-bailable arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan for failing to appear in a case related to hurling threats at a judge, ordering the police to produce him at the next hearing on April 18. An Islamabad district court granted the prosecution’s plea [&hel...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) — The members of the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday elected Scottish National Party’s (SNP) leader Humza Yousaf as the new first minister. The 37-year-old received a chamber majority with 71 votes. Yousaf became the first Muslim to lead a major UK party, and is the first ethnic minority leader of a devolved […]...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has called on troops to “end” support for authoritarian leaders as talks begin on military reforms, part of a prolonged transition to civilian rule. Burhan had seized power in a 2021 coup that derailed a short-lived democratic transition following the 2019 ouste...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that he would postpone controversial plans to overhaul the judiciary, which had sparked mass protests nationwide. In a speech, Netanyahu said there is an “extremist minority” that is trying to divide Israel. “If there is a way to avoid civil war th...
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (AFP): Gas-rich Turkmenistan on Sunday held the first parliamentary polls since the ruling family tightened its iron grip on the Central Asian nation that does not tolerate political dissent or a free press. Polling stations closed at 7 pm (1400 GMT), according to the electoral commission, with turnout estimated at 91.12...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A Pakistani high court on Monday granted interim bail to the country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan in seven separate cases until April 6. A two-judge bench led by the Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court barred police from arresting Khan until the next hearing and also directed the Interior Ministry [...
ANKARA (AA) – The Indian parliament has disqualified Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, a day after a local court in the western Indian state of Gujarat convicted Gandhi in the criminal defamation case against India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A notification issued by the Lok Sabha, or lowe...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Australia has revealed the question to voters for a national referendum scheduled later this year to decide whether to recognize Indigenous people. Australians are to vote, “yes” or “no” on whether they approve a proposed law to “alter the Constitution to recognize the First Peoples of Australia by...
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least four Israeli protesters were arrested on Thursday as thousands rallied against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan, local media reported. Israel has seen mass protests over the past 12 weeks against the government’s judicial reform plan, seen by the opposition as an attempt to redu...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said that the military will not take part in politics in the future. “We are establishing an army that will not participate in politics in the future,” al-Burhan said in a televised speech. “There is no military personnel staging a coup, it is […...
